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How many babies are born in Denmark?

59.6 thousand babies born in Denmark in 2026. That is 0.05% of all births worldwide, and the 125th largest of any country. UN projection

2024–2100 uses the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario, based on assumptions about fertility, mortality and migration. These are projections, not observed births or guaranteed outcomes. Uncertainty increases further into the future; this site does not display prediction intervals.

Births in Denmark: history and projections

10K 1 CE1000150018002100
Annual births, logarithmic scale. Shading marks modelled years before 1800; the dashed line marks UN projections from 2024.
Every figure refers to the area inside Denmark’s present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form. See how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1 CE ~8.2K ~200K 41.0 Modelled estimate
1000 ~16K ~400K 41.1 Modelled estimate
1500 ~26K ~600K 43.3 Modelled estimate
1800 ~29.9K ~1M 29.9 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~76.2K ~2.57M 29.7 Historical reconstruction
1950 79.4K 4.27M 18.6 UN estimate
2000 66.7K 5.34M 12.5 UN estimate
2023 57.8K 5.95M 9.7 UN estimate
2026 59.6K 6.02M 9.9 UN projection
2050 56.3K 6.12M 9.2 UN projection
2075 53.7K 6.03M 8.9 UN projection
2100 51.4K 5.86M 8.8 UN projection

What the numbers show

The highest annual births in Denmark among estimates through 2023 were in 1946, at about ~93.7K. That is roughly 11 times the estimated ~8.2K births a year in 1 CE.

At 1.52 children per woman, fertility in Denmark is below the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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How many babies are born in Denmark each year?

An estimated 59.6 thousand babies are born in Denmark in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 163 a day and 0.05% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in Denmark?

Denmark has an estimated 9.9 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 1.52 children per woman.

Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario. UN estimates cover 1950–2023; projections cover 2024–2100. Earlier years come from Gapminder’s reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.